Watch: JD Vance, wife Usha Vance and children visit Jaipur's Amber Fort
US Vice President JD Vance, who reached Jaipur from Delhi along with his family on Monday night, visited the Amber Fort in the city on Tuesday morning.
He is set to deliver a lecture on US-India relations at Rajasthan International Centre (RIC) later in the day. The US vice president, his wife Usha Vance, and their three children – Ewan, Vivek and Mirabel – are staying at Hotel Rambagh Palace.
They are scheduled to leave for Agra on Wednesday morning and then return to Jaipur in the afternoon, as he is scheduled to visit the City Palace here.
The Vance family will depart for the US early Thursday morning.
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